State Sales Tax Rate for Rental, Lease, or License to Use Real Property Decreases to 5.7% on January 1, 2019
Effective January 1, 2019, the state sales tax rate imposed under section 212.031, Florida Statutes, on the total rent charged for renting, leasing, letting, or granting a license to...

There is much confusion about several of the amendments because of “bundling” of unrelated issues in one amendment. For example, amendment number 9 bundles a prohibition against off-shore drilling with vaping in indoor workplaces – two unrelated issues on one ball...

The headlines of several commercial real estate media outlets talked of slowdown (or downturns) in commercial real estate for 2019. Here are few articles that we found:
Globe Street | By Paul Fiorilla | October 12, 2018 at 04:14 AM10 Factors That Could Cause the Next Downturn
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Public comments for the 2021 International Code Council (ICC) Group A code development cycle were released last week, and BOMA International’s codes team has already begun reviewing and analyzing these comments in advance of the upcoming Public Comment Hearings taking place October 24-31 in Ri...

ENERGY STAR® Score Updates About to Take Place
During the update, Portfolio Manager® will be temporarily unavailable beginning on this Sunday, August 26. It is scheduled to be back online by the morning of Monday, August 27. The new metrics will be applied across all time periods,...

New Report Reveals Gaps and Opportunities in CRE Technology
The basis for this report was the CRE Technology Effectiveness Survey conducted in February of 2018. The results revealed the attitudes, characteristics and practices that distinguish technologically effective commercial real estate organi...

BOMA Fort Lauderdale/ Palm Beaches' Medical Office Building Committee recently provided us with the following recommended reading if you want to be in the know about managing Medical Office Buildings in Commercial Real Estate.
Leasing Medical Office Buildings (MOBs)
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Today, 29 real estate industry organizations, representing more than 10 million jobs, announced a ground-breaking collaboration to highlight the diverse career paths within the real estate sector. The first initiative of this collaboration is a new website entitled Careers...

2018 Legislative Session Report 2018 Legislative Session Report
Mercifully, the 2018 Florida legislative session came to an end March 11th in a rare Sunday conclusion. The only remaining bills to be considered were the $87B-2018 budget, and the tax package -- both easily passed e...